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Court Evicts LRA Victims.

New Vision (Uganda)

| August 29, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2008 AllAfrica Global Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bill Oketch

Victims of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) war, who fled the rebels and occupied land in Lira municipality, have been evicted and their houses demolished.

More than 22 households that claim to have bought the land at Kirombe North B' in Omito parish were left homeless. The move came after the residents defied an order from the Gulu High Court, directing them to vacate the land. Security personnel have since been heavily deployed in the area to prevent the occupants from accessing the land.

The victims, however, claim they bought the 40-acre piece of land from Pollycap Ogwang, a son to the late Yakobo Omonya. "They came with pangas, axes …

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